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Technology

This Indore-Based Agritech Startup Helps Farmers Increase Yield Upto 40%

Founded in 2016, Gramophone claims to reduce cost of cultivation by 15-20 per cent

News and Trends

Otipy Raises $1Mn From Inflection Point Ventures

Fresh fund to be utilized for expansion in Delhi NCR, technology/warehouse infrastructure and strengthening farmer relationships

News and Trends

BigHaat Pockets $2 Mn From Japanese Investor Beyond Next Ventures and Others

The agritech startup will deploy the fresh capital to strengthen its data and technology offering, hire best talent in technology and marketing and strengthen its supply chain to fuel aggressive growth

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Vegrow Raises $2.5M led by Matrix Partners India & Ankur Capital

The agritech startup also saw the participation of Better Capital, Titan Capital along with other prominent angel investors in the round

News and Trends

Bypassing Middlemen, This Agritech Relies On Greenhouse Farms To Deliver Fresh Produce

At present, Clover is supplying seven to eight tonnes of products to its customers from over 70 acres of land

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] WayCool Foods Gets $5 Mn Debt Financing From IndusInd Bank Guaranteed By DFC

The fund will be deployed through IndusInd Bank's Impact Investing division, which will support WayCool Foods' expansion plans

Growth Strategies

Building New Ecosystems: The Food Tech Revolution Is Here

In a few years, a traditionally low-tech, complex industry like farming can open a variety of applications to the global chain.

News and Trends

Agritech Players Look At This Pandemic As An Opportunity To Grow and Collaborate

In an online conference by Entrepreneur India, five individuals shared their thoughts about how the agritech space has been affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, and discussed ways to revamp the market.

News and Trends

Incentivizing the Agrarian Sector Will Lift the Indian Economy

Now is a great opportunity for governments, both at the Centre and states, to recalibrate funds and shift focus on the primary sector, specifically on agriculture

Technology

Agritech Start-Up DeHaat Helps Farmers Grow and Earn Better

DeHaat connects small farmers to agriculture business companies for the former's various needs-seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory, financing and market linkage through a network of trained micro entrepreneurs.

Technology

How Agritech Enables Earth-Friendly Agriculture

Plant discipline has a significant position in serving farmers use our planet's prized natural capital sensibly to nourish the rising world population. Ensure how modernization in technology is helping farmers produce supplementary food whilst conserving our environment.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Agritech Start-Up Clover Raises $5.5 Million Series A Round

The round saw the participation of Omnivore as well as existing investors Accel and Mayfield. The Bengaluru-based start-up said it would use the new funds to grow its farm network, enter new cities, and diversify fresh produce offerings.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Soil-To-Sale Agritech Start-Up Raises $32 Mln, Plans Supply Chain Automation

Chennai-headquartered WayCool said it would use the fresh funds to automate its supply chain and build the next layer of data analytics required to strengthen supply chain efficiency.

News and Trends

[Funding Alert] Y Combinator-backed Agritech Start-Up Raises Funding

Founded in 2016 by the father-son duo of Sanjay Agarwalla and Aditya Agarwalla, the company connects marginal farmers, who constitute a large part of the entire population, directly to businesses anywhere in the country for the sale of their produce.

Technology

Are Agri-Tech Start-Ups in India Able To Raise Funds?

Start-ups such as Kamatan and Fresh VnF are trying to bridge the gap between farmers and the larger economy with the use of technology. Funding, too, seems to have quietly followed.